for Ce que savent les morts (What the dead know) ; 1998 : Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire, category short stories in French, for Déchiffrer la trame (Unravelling the thread) ; 1998 : Prix Rosny aîné, category short stories, or Déchiffrer la trame (Unravelling the thread) ; 1999 : Prix Tour Eiffel de science-fiction, category novels, for Étoiles mourantes, written in collaboration with Ayerdhal ; 2000 : Prix Ozone, category novels in French for Étoiles mourantes, written in collaboration with Ayerdhal ; 2008 : Prix Rosny aîné, category short stories, for Repli sur soie ; 2017 : Prix Imaginales, category short stories, for Le clin d'oeil du héron (With a wink of the heron's eye) ; External links The Night Orchid Thieves of silence 1957 births Living people French science fiction writers French male novelists